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Does the RAf still employ parachute packers? I used to do that in the old days. Safety Equipment Workers they called us then. Always resented the 'workers', I preferred to call myself a technishun!
Does the RAf still employ parachute packers? I used to do that in the old days. Safety Equipment Workers they called us then. Always resented the 'workers', I preferred to call myself a technishun!
We still have Survival Equipment Fitters, or "Squippers" as we call them, I'm guessing parachute packing merged into the SE trade. Squippers pack the chutes and drogues into ejection seats and the like.
when did they get to pack the drogues Monty? On real aeroplanes the plumbers did thatDT_Xtremez_31:
I'm talking about the seat drogues Gem, I can only speak about Harrier but it's all the same unit, inside the headbox. Are you talking about brake chutes?
I'm talking about the seat drogues Gem, I can only speak about Harrier but it's all the same unit, inside the headbox. Are you talking about brake chutes?
I am talking seat drogues. The jockeys chute was packed by the squippers but the seat drogues were always plumber domain as were the vitals on the squippers work on the chute.
Harrier seats are a bit different mate. The headbox comes from the bay as a unit, we fit it to the seat (sometimes in situ). The Parachute Deployment unit deploys both the controller drogue and the main parachute from the headbox on ejection.
All the Martin Baker seat's from the Mark 8 (designed for the TSR2) have had the drogue and main chute in the head box. Mark 1 and 2 seat's the growbag sat on it. For the Mk 3 to Mk 7 the main chute was part of the back rest.
the whole thing is done by us squippers the armorers service the seat the leg restraint lines and all the other bits that go bang. we pack the parachute ,drouge and service the harnesse as it is all one assy, the lineys are resposible for one tie on the head box and for fitting and removal.
As for brake chutes squippers pack them completly whilst the lineys fitt them to the aircraft.
yes we still service and pack parachutes including emergency escape and brake,s at least until it all goes civvy !!!
the whole thing is done by us squippers the armorers service the seat the leg restraint lines and all the other bits that go bang. we pack the parachute ,drouge and service the harnesse as it is all one assy, the lineys are resposible for one tie on the head box and for fitting and removal.
As for brake chutes squippers pack them completly whilst the lineys fitt them to the aircraft.
yes we still service and pack parachutes including emergency escape and brake,s at least until it all goes civvy !!!
Not actually true MJ, the Mk 9 ejection seat had the parachute moved to the backrest, but it was moved to the headbox once again in the Mk 10! DT_Xtremez_14:
Jag Fags will confirm.